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  • Indosat Ooredoo launches m-payment for retailers

    Indosat Ooredoo launches m-payment for retailers

    Indonesia’s Indosat Ooredoo has launched a new mobile payment service for retailers, in collaboration with GoSwift International and banking chain BNI.

    The new D-Pay service will allow merchants to use their exsting mobile devices as multifunctional payment platforms, accepting payments based on Visa, MasterCard or JCB credit and debit cards, as well as eWallet services.

    D-Pay services for retailers come bundled with data, voice and SMS allocations from the operator.

    “D-Pay is the latest product from our Mobile Financial Business,” Indosat Ooredoo chief of new business and innovation officer Prashat Gokarn said.

    “In addition to our current products – electronic wallet, bill payments, eCommerce payments, domestic and international money transfer and branchless banking, D-Pay will help reduce cash collection and logistics costs for our eCommerce partners, which will in turn benefit customers with lower prices and assured deliveries.”

    He said the service is tailored for e-commerce companies, as well as SME retailers in need of alternative payment methods but unable to easily afford standard banking solutions, by allowing merchants who do not have access to traditional point of sale services to still accept card payments.

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  • XL Axiata to form JV with Indosat Ooredoo

    XL Axiata to form JV with Indosat Ooredoo

    Indonesia’s XL Axiata has revealed it will enter a joint venture with Indosat Ooredoo to provide consultancy services in future network collaboration between the two operators.

    The JV, PT One Indonesia Synergy, will be 50-50 owned by the two companies.

    In a statement to the Bursa Malaysia, XL parent Axiata Group said it is expected that the joint venture will “provide consultancy services in future network collaboration. The transaction parties are in the process of jointly exploring the possibility of entering into such a collaboration.”

    XL Axiata and Indosat Ooredoo agreed in January to share 4G infrastructure in several cities as a possible first step towards the long-discussed plans to form such a network sharing agreement.

    Indonesia’s telecom ministry has also been pressuring the nation’s ten mobile operators to merge or jointly deploy networksto address crowding in the market, although this mainly applies to the smaller mobile operators struggling to compete with Indosat, XL and rival Telkomsel.

    The stock market statement adds that the forming of the JV is not expected to have a material impact on the group’s financial results for the current year.

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  • Indosat Ooredoo, Lintasarta and IBM to Collaborate on the Cloud to Drive Indonesian Digital

    Indosat Ooredoo, Lintasarta and IBM to Collaborate on the Cloud to Drive Indonesian Digital

    Indosat Ooredoo, one of Indonesia’s largest telecommunications and services provider, and IBM today announced they will develop and deliver solutions on the https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing to help businesses streamline processes and improve productivity. This significant five year partnership, valued at about of $200 million, will help better serve customers in the world’s fourth most populous country.

    Indosat Ooredoo and IBM will build an integrated command center to serve local clients of both companies by monitoring and managing their operations and information technology, and building IT skills and capabilities in Indonesia. IBM will also help Indosat Ooredoo transform its own IT operations, improving overall client experience and supporting the rapid development of new telecommunications services in the country.

    Cloud-based Services for Indonesian Businesses

    IBM & Indosat Ooredoo’s subsidiary, Lintasarta, will jointly develop and deliver cloud-based solutions, powered by IBM Cloud, to help Indonesian businesses drive innovation and agility, streamline their processes and improve productivity. Indonesian clients of Indosat Ooredoo and IBM will be able to access jointly developed cloud-based solutions built on IBM’s Cloud platform — IBM Bluemix — accelerating collaboration and automation of software delivery and infrastructure changes. Clients also will have access to IBM MaaS360, a cloud-based enterprise mobility management platform.

    “This collaboration shows how IBM’s expertise, technology and services can help Indosat Ooredoo and Lintasarta lead market change in Indonesia while also transforming their existing operations,” said Martin Jetter, senior vice president, IBM Global Technology Services. “Indonesia has one of the world’s most rapidly growing economies, and the use of smart mobile devices is becoming pervasive, opening up enormous opportunities for local businesses – so we are excited to be working with Indosat Ooredoo and Lintasarta to help clients tap into the power and flexibility of cloud-based solutions and digitally transform their businesses.”

    Digital & Operational Transformation

    Indosat Ooredoo and IBM also announced a related five-year technology services agreement to deliver digital and operational transformation to all aspects of Indosat Ooredoo’s operations to support the rapid development of new services that are easier to access, less complex and more affordable to use.

    IBM will upgrade Indosat Ooredoo’s IT infrastructure and deliver a range of application management services, including a test environment that will improve time to market for the development of new customer-facing services and applications.

    “Our customers in both telecommunications and IT services are going to benefit from this relationship through improved access to world class offerings and services,” said Alexander Rusli, President and CEO of Indosat Ooredoo. “We will be able to bring a greater range of higher value services to market more rapidly, with the confidence of knowing that we are collaborating with one of the world’s largest and most innovative technology companies. This landmark alliance will reshape the local market and help Indonesian customers and organizations tap into the most advanced technology available anywhere in the world.”

    “Working together, Lintasarta and IBM will accelerate the adoption of cloud-based solutions in Indonesia, helping local organizations increase their efficiency and ability to rapidly expand,” said Arya Damar, President Director of Lintasarta, an Indosat Ooredoo subsidiary that will help build the joint data center. “By combining the global innovation, delivery capability, and expertise of IBM with the local infrastructure, market knowledge and relationships of Lintasarta, we are providing the most advanced path to digital transformation for our clients.”

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  • Bookmate expands to Indonesia, partners with Indosat

    Bookmate expands to Indonesia, partners with Indosat

    Social e-reading subscription platform Bookmate has expanded into Indonesia, partnering with telecommunications network Indosat to bring mobile reading to Indonesian customers.

    The companies aim to launch a mass market mobile reading service under the brand Bookmate-Cipika Books.

    Ahead of the launch, Bookmate has signed deals with “leading” Indonesian publishers to bring 4,000 titles in Bahasa in addition to its library of 250,000 English language titles.

    Managing director of Bookmate, Andrew Baev, said the company’s strategy was to focus on “high-growth, under served markets”.

    He said: “The global book publishing industry is worth $120 billion, about eight times the size of the music industry, and we are seeing an accelerating transition to digital and mobile. Our strategy is to focus on high growth, under-served markets where readers are jumping the gap directly from paper to mobile reading. Indonesia is right in our sweet spot for offering our mix of fun, social and on-the-go reading.”

    He added: “Smartphone penetration and mobile services growth are booming in Indonesia and we see this as a huge opportunity to build the market leader in mobile reading together with Indosat, Indonesia’s most progressive mobile operator.”

    Carlos Caro Caro, division head of digital commerce at Indosat, said: “Indonesians are keen consumers of all types of media via their mobile phones and we are excited to be able to offer them an innovative mobile reading solution with our partner Bookmate.”

    The expansion comes after Bookmate’s first launch in the Asia Pacific market last year with StarHub, Singapore’s fully integrated info-communications provider. The Asian e-book market is forecasted to reach $2.2 billion by the end of 2016, the company said, so Bookmate believes Indonesia is an ideal place to introduce its mobile reading service.

    Bookmate is a subscription-based social reading service that makes reading accessible to anyone in the world with a mobile phone. They have over 2.5 million active users and over 500,000 titles in eleven languages.

    Indosat is the second largest cellular operator in the country with more than 55 million subscribers.

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  • Indosat, Facebook launch Internet.org in Indonesia

    Indosat, Facebook launch Internet.org in Indonesia

    Ooredoo Group’s Indonesian subsidiary Indosat and Facebook have jointly launched the Internet.org initiative in Indonesia. Facebook’s Internet.org seeks to make internet services more accessible through free internet access to a set of basic services, including health, education, social media for communication and news.

    In Indonesia, Indosat will provide internet access at no charge through the Internet.org services both for IM3 & Mentari (prepay customers) and Matrix (postpaid subscribers). Customers will be able to access general information on Ask.com and Wikipedia; get news updates on Merdeka.com & KapanLagi; stay up to date on sports through Bola.net; get education info on Kelase; as well as check the weather and climate through Accuweather; read stories via Wattpad; check employment opportunities on Jobstreet; sell items on OLX & Tokopedia; learn about women’s issues on BabyCenter, Mama, Girl Effect websites; and access health information on UNICEF’s Facts for Life.

    Indosat customers in Indonesia can access these services via www.internet.org or by downloading Internet.org app from the Android playstore. The service will be available in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

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  • Indosat, Smaato Launch IMX for Real Time Ads Spot Bidding

    Indosat, Smaato Launch IMX for Real Time Ads Spot Bidding

    Indosat, Indonesia’s third largest mobile telecommunication operator based on customer size, has teamed up with Smaato, a company offering advertising tools for mobile publishers and developers, to launch an advertising spot bidding platform for local and international advertisers.

    Indonesia Mobile Exchange (IMX) allows advertisers to connect with publishers which provide mobile advertising spots and bid for the spots in real time.

    “This Exchange platform can reach out all cellular customers. We start it by cooperating directly with Indonesian leading publishers, such as the Indonesia Digital Association [IDA] members,” said IMX chief executive Citra Agus in Jakarta.

    IDA members include Indonesia’s oldest online news site Detik.com, and Viva.co.id, the online news portal unit of Visi Media Asia.

    IMX will allow publishers to monetize their mobile platforms better with advertisers from Indonesia and abroad. Meanwhile, advertisers should better targets their customers based on mobile customers’ behavior, Citra said.

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  • Indosat launches i-Aplikazone app store

    Indosat launches i-Aplikazone app store

    Indonesian mobile operator Indosat has joined the expanding operator crowd in trying to tap into the growing app economy by developing its own app store.

    With the launch of i-Aplikazone on Wednesday, the company said it expects to increase revenue from data users, the Jakarta Post reported. Indosat president director Alexander Rusli set the ambitious target of having all smartphone customers download the app, a move it hopes will attract more data users.

    The app store has about 10,000 applications, of which more than 1,000 are in Indonesian, thePost said.

    Indosat, which is 65 per cent owned by Ooredoo, is now the country’s second largest mobile player after recently edging out rival XL – Indosat has a 19.5 per cent market share vs XL’s 18.5 per cent, according to GSMA Intelligence.

    Almost a third of Indosat’s 63 million subscribers are smartphone users.

    Earlier in the year it said it expects data traffic to jump at least 50 per cent after completing a two-year network upgrade. The operator has devoted the majority of its annual capex budget of IDR8 trillion ($625 million) to the network modernisation programme, which focused on 23 of the country’s largest cities.

    Number two player XL introduced its app store — Gudang Aplikasi – a year ago and said it has 2.3 million registered users in Q1. It has an estimated 22,000 apps.

    XL’s data revenue increased 29 per cent year-on-year in Q1 and now accounts for almost a third of service revenue. Smartphone adoption increased 54 per cent to 17.2 million users, giving it a smartphone penetration rate of 33 per cent.

    State-owned Telkomsel, the market leader with a 44 per cent market share, set up TemanDev in August 2013 to encourage local developers to create apps. It offers open APIs and organises local competitions, such as BestAppsID.

    South Korea
    Two months ago South Korea’s three leading mobile operators met with mobile app developers to discuss setting up a joint app store called the One Store, which is scheduled to open in May. The three currently have their own app stores – Olleh Market (KT), T-Store (SK Telecom) and U+Store (LG Uplus).

    Operator initiatives to create their own app stores and app-developer communities have not had much success.

    Analysys Mason identified 30 operator-run application stores in Asia, the Middle East and Africa at the end of 2012 and only a handful of those had been successful.

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